ACT of 6 June 1997 The Penal Code GENERAL Chapter I Principles of criminal responsibility Article 1 § 1 Criminal liability shall be the only person who commits an offense under penalty of the law in force at the time it was committed. § 2 It is not a crime offense, the social harm is negligible. § 3 No offense, the offender commits an offense if it cannot be to assign blame at the time of action. Article 2 Criminally responsible for an offense committed by omission and effect This is subject only to who was under a legal duty to prevent the particular such an effect. Article 3 Penalties and other measures provided for in this Code shall apply mutatis humanitarian principles, in particular with respect for human dignity. Article 4 § 1 If at the time of adjudication, the Act other than at the time of committing offense, apply the new law, but the law should be applied obo- ligated before, if it is favorable to the defendant. § 2 If you act according to the new law is in danger of the judgment subject to punishment, which the upper limit is lower than the penalty imposed, the fine was reduced to the upper limit of penalty stipulated for such an act in the new the Act. § 3 If you act according to the new law included a judgment is no longer punishable detention, imprisonment inflicted subject performance turns into a fine or penalty of restriction of liberty, the host ing that one month imprisonment equal to 60 daily rates fine or 2 months of restriction of liberty. § 4 If you act according to the new law is not covered by the judgment already prohibited under penalty, sentencing is blurred by law. Article 5 Polish penal law shall apply to the offender who committed an offense in the ter- the Polish territory, as well as the Polish ship or after- windy, unless an international agreement to which the Republic of Poland is party provides otherwise.